Non-refillable bottle or like vessel.



W. H. NOSWORTHY & S. J. PRESGOTT. NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE 0E LIKE VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1908.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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WTA/55555 COLUMBIA PLANoaRAFH C0.. WASHINGTON. n. C.

W. H. NOSWORTHY d; S. J. PRESCOTT.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE OR LIKE VESSEL.

APPLIOATION IILED SEPT. 10, 190B.

` Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANDURAPM C0., WASHINGTON. D. C.

WILLIAM HENRY NOSWORTHY .AND SAMUEL JAMES PRESCOTT, OF CAMBERWELL, LONDON, ENGLAND.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE 0R LIKE VESSEL.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Application :filed September 10, 1908. Serial No. 452,465.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, l/VILLIAM HENRY 'NoswoRTrrY and SAMUEL JAMES PREsooTT, subjects of Great Britain, residing at 45 Church street, Camberwell, London, England, have invented new land useful Improvements in Non- Rellable Bottles or Like Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved means for preventing a bottle or like vessel from being refilled in fraud of the original packer.

Particularly the present invention has for its object to provide simple and effective means which not only positively lock the closing valve upon its seating when the vessel is in an upright position, but also, and which is very important, will positively lock up the valve upon its seating some time before the vessel, after being inverted, arrives at a horizontal position. In attaining the positive locking up of the valve upon its seat-ing, before the vessel after being inverted, arrives at a horizontal position, it is thereby rendered impossible to raise the valve by suction in an approximately horizontal position of the vessel to get any liquid into the vessel.

To make the invention clearly and readily understood, we will describe the same with reference to the accompanying two sheets of drawings, in which Figure l Sheet l is a vertical section of a bottle arranged non-reiillable under our invention. F ig. 2 illustrates the bottle positioned for pouring out the contents thereof. Fig. 3 illustrates how the valve is closed and locked upon its seating before the bottle, after being' inverted as at Fig. 2, arrives at a horizontal position. Fig. 4 illust-rates a modification in the formation of the separately formed bottle neck. Figs. 5 to ll are detail views hereinafter referred to and Fig. 12 is a vertical section of a bottle with nonreiillable mea-ns slightly modiiied over that shown by Fig. l. A Fig. 13 is a detail view, showing in horizontal section looking in the direct-ion of the arrow Y, the tubular portion hereinafter referred to.

, According to our invention we form a preferably circular frame a (shown in plan in Fig. 9) having passage ways bb for the liquid and air and arranged to provide a valve seating c (F ig. l) or c1 (Fig. 5) or c2 Fig. 6 for a iioating valve it. Such frame a carries centrally thereof a depending tubular portion d formed outwardly partly `straight and partly tapering to suit the width of the bottle neck and conveniently made integral with the cross-piece e (see vFig. 9) of the frame a. The cross piece e 3has an opening f made centrally therethrough leading to the tubular portion Z and the wall of such opening forms a guide for the valve it by means of a pin or stem t',

with which the valve is provided, working `through the opening At the lower end, the pin t' is provided with a disk or iiange g of such size that it also iits fairly close in the tubular portion CZ without jamming t-herein, the inner diameter of said portion d belng reduced toward the upper part thereof to form a shoulder j with which coperates a locking member supported by the valve pin. To the valve pin as by a length of gut Z or in other suitable manner so that it may have a level' action as hereinafter described is connected a weight c. rlhe upper part of the Weight it' `is tapered off or reduced in diameter to pass Iinto the tubular part d Fig. 2, and allow the necessary movement of the valve. Normally the reduced end of the weight does not quite pass below the tubular port-ion d, see yFig. 1. In Fig. 8 the tapered end of the weight is shown tinted to permit of the ready passage of the fluid.

As shown in Fig. l, the locking member which is to coperate in the manner hereinafter described with the shoulder j, may consist of a ring m, the inner diameter of which is considerably larger than the width of the valve-pin z'. One edge of the ring is rounded off and the inside is tapered, and being placed over the pin wit-h the rounded edge and smallest internal diameter next to the disk g the upper side whereof slopes downwardly away from the pin, it will be understood that the tendency of the ring is to fall sidewise, when the parts are upright as in Fig. l. This being so, the relation of the parts is so arranged that when they are upright as in Fig. l the ring fm, falling sidewise engages under the shoulder j and this occurs irrespective of the particular direction in which it. may so fall sidewise.

In addition to the locking member m forming a positive lock against the valve being raised by suction or shaking when the parts are positioned as in F ig. l, we are also able to provide thereby that the valve is positively locked upon its seating some time before the parts, after having been inverted asin Fig. 2, arrive at a horizontal position. To attain this end the valve pin or stem il is provided with a flange or projection -n at a suitable distance from the disk g that. while the ring m is yfree to fall sidewise to engage engage behind the shoulder j, thus locking up the valve upon its seating lin a position of the bottle approximately as shown in Fig. 3. 1While therefore in approximately the position of the parts as shown in Fig. 3, it would be possible to raise Vthe valve by suction against the weight lc, this would jheinipossible with the positive holdingof the valve upon its seating effected by us as above described. In'tliisway7 the valve i is positively locked upon its seating in a most effective manner. A slight shake or twist of the vessel when inverted permits the locking ring to 'slip from under the shoulderV and pass up into the narrower part of the tubular portion l thereby allowing the requisite movement of tlie valve and valve pin forw pouring out the contents.

While we have found a locking member suoli as m to work well for the purpose specified we do not limit ourselves to that particular form. For instance in lieu of a ring, we may employ a ball or bead o Fig. .l0 to coperate with the shoulder j and the disk g by arranging the relation of the parts accordingly. In this case the disk or flange g may be formed so as to provide in itself a flange ork shoulder a to coperate with the ball or bead in similar manner to thatof the flange n with the ri'ng m as hereinbefore described.

In fitting the parts in a bottle or like vessel we may make the latter with a short neck p which is externally threaded and provided with a shoulder or flange c/ so that after fitting in the parts, the bottle 'can be completed by securing a separatey neck or stopper to the short neck y? in such manner that by tearing or breaking an attaching ring, the whole of the `parts can be used.

again by the original packers.

As shown in Figi l, the frame a is provided with a flange to rest on the neck y?.

-A tubular `portion r protected by a raised disk s and forming means for preventing4 tampering with the valve is then placed thereover and over this is finally placed a l A flanged rscrewed capsule u is then screwed onto the flanged neck or stopper t.

neck p and a metal ring 'v is crimped over the shoulder or fiange g and the neck or stopper flange. ln lieu of the separate piece i", the means for preventing tampering with the valve may be formed integral with the neck or stopper t as shown in Fig. i. Resilient rings or washers may be placed where found desirable to avoid possibility of leakage. The fio'ating valve may also bc foi'ined at Fig. 7 by a ring of cork mounted upon a flanged tube 'wvof bone or other suitable material and two mica disks a, :c and an iiitermediate parchment disk y of slightly larger diameter than the mica disks w so j that rthe parchment disk makes contact with the valve seating and allows a slight spring movement tothe valve 7irelative. to its seating. This spring movement assists the locking ijneinber m or o to enter into locking engageinent with the shoulder and also allows for slight inaccuracies in fitting the parts of the mechanism together as a slight lift of the valve is permitted without the `disk y leaving the valve seating. The tube receives the valve pin 2'. and is suitably attached thereto. Or as shown in Fig. we may surround tlie corkiing with a glass ring .a having a knife edge to make 4contact with a parchment or other suitable washer located between the bottle and neck or stopper t, the frame a in this case fitting in a recess of 4the bottle neck .72 so as to come flush with the edge thereof. in lieu also of the frame a `directlyforming the-valve seating1 a glass ring l may be employed for the purpose and let into the frame a as shown in Fig. A6. Or, as shown in Fig. l1, the valve 7L may be provided with a convex contact surface to rest upon the projecting inner part of a resilientl ring 2 secured between the neck t and the lfloating valve and its seating as other arrangements tlian that mentioned may be adopted with practically as good results. r

The locking up of the vali/*e upon its seating having been already described, it will now be understood that if the vessel is positioned mouth downward land it is given a slight shake the locking member is disengaged from the shoulder and entering the 'narrower part of the tubular portion cl permits the valve to move away from its seating, the weight having fallen sufficiently into the tubular portion (Z `to allow such movement of the valve to take place as will give free passage thereby for the liquid to flow out of the vessel. In returning the vessel to its normal position however the weight at: fulcruining as it does on the lower edge seating as shown in Fig. 3 some time before the bottle arrives at a horizontal position. At the same time the flange or projection n or al pulls back the locking member and causes this to engage behind the shoulder j.

With a vess-el arranged non-refillable according to our present invention it will now be clear that in addition to the valve being capable of floating back onto its seating' and the valve being positively locked upon its seating when the vessel is approximately upright, the valve is positively locked up against its seating as soon as the vessel after being inverted arrives at approximately the position shown in Fig. 3. Such positive locking up of the valve upon its seating as soon as it arrives at such position, is, it will be seen, a distinct advance upon merely shutting` the valve by a weight since it is possible to draw the valve open in a horizontal or approximately horizontal position of the vessel by suction against the weight,but with the positive lock effected under our invention this is impossible; To avoid any possibilit-y of the weight holding to the tubular' portion the inclined or reduced portion is preferably fluted as shown in Fig. 8. The tubular portion may also be in ternally iuted or perforated if found necessary or desirable. y

The various parts designated by a., d, le, m, r, s and t we have made of porcelain and the valve pin and disk we prefer to make of glass, porcelain, ivory or bone.

It is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction in carrying out the invention may be made withoutaffecting the principle herein involved.

Having thus described our invention, what we desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A non-refillable receptacle for liquids comprising a valve seat, a valve, a weight adapted to close said valve and to retain it upon said seat by the action of gravity, a tubular extension of said valve seat, a stem attached to said valve, guided within said tubular extension, an abutment on said stem, an abutment within said tubular extension, a locking device adapted to be interposed by the action of gravity when and as soon as the valve is closed between the two said abutments, and means arranged between the outlet from the receptacle and said valve adapted to prevent interference.

2. A non-retillable receptacle for liquids comprising a valve seat, a valve, a weight adapted to close said valve and to retain it upon said seat by the action of gravity, a tubular extension of said valve seat, a stem attached to said valve guided within said tubular extension, an abutment on said stem, an abutment within said tubular extension; a locking` device adapted to be' interposed by the action of gravity, when and as soon as the valve is closed, between the two said abutments, means for returning said locking device into position to be interposed between said abutments as the valve is moved toward its seat, and means arranged between the outlet from the receptacle and said valve adapted to prevent interference.

3. A non-retillable receptacle for liquids comprising a valve seat, a valve, a weight adapted by the action of gravity to close said valve and to retain it upon said scat before the receptacle is raised to the hori-` zontal position, a stem on said valve provided with an abutment, a tube surrounding said stem provided with an abutment, a

locking device adapted to be interposed by the action of gravity, when and as soon as the valve is closed, between the two said abutments, means operated by said weight for returning said locking device into position to be interposed as aforesaid between said abutments as the valve is moved toward its seat, and means arranged between the outlet from the receptacle and said valve adapted to prevent interference.

4t. A non-refillable receptacle for liquids comprising a valve seat, a floating valve provided with a yielding face, a weight adapted to close said valve and to retain it upon said seat by the action of gravity, a tubular extension of said valve seat, a stem attached to said valve guided within said tubular eX- tension, an abutment on said stem, an abutment within said tubular extension, a locking device adapted to be interposed by the action of gravity when'and as soon as the valve is closed between the two said abutments, and means for returning said locling device into position to be interposed between said abutments, as the valve is moved toward its seat.

5. A non-reiillable receptacle for liquids comprising a valve seat, a valve, a Weight Yadapted to close said valve and to retain it upon said seat by the action of gravity, a tubular extension of said valve seat, a stem attached to said vvalve guided within said tubular extension, an abutment on said stem,

an abutment within said tubular extension,

a second abutment on said stem, a locking device arranged between said two abutments on said stem and adapted by the action of gravity, when and as soon as the valve is closed, to fall between said abutment on the tubular extension and the lower of said two abutments on said stem, and means arranged between the outlet from the receptacle and said valve adapted to prevent interference.

6. A non-relillable receptacle for liquids comprising a valve seat, a valve, a weight adapted by the action of gravit-y to close said valve and to retain it upon said seat before the receptacle is raised to the horizontal position7 a stem on said valve provided with a sloping abutment, a tube surrounding said stem provided with a sloping abutment, 'a locking ball adapted t0 roll by the In testimony whereof We have signed our 10 act'onof gravity, when and as sQon as the names to this speccaton n the presence Valve is closed, between the twbdszd abutof two subscribing Witnesses.

ment-s means Afor retur'nnd sai all into E Y' Y posttm to roll between Sad abutments as the rv'alve s m'ov'ed toward its seat, and 4 means' arranged between the outlet from the VVtnesSes':

receptacle `and said valve adapted to prevent HENRY CONRAD HEIDE, l

interference. LEONARD CoULsoN.

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